Sitting at the counter when I ordered my lunchtime chicken katsu curry bento box at my local Japanese takeaway the other day was a copy of Eat-Japan magazine – a brochure promoting all the Japanese restaurants and food shops in London. The brochure also has a directory of some more general oriental food stores. I list below the ones which look like they do Korean groceries, and I’ll update the list as people tell me of more (thanks for the Manchester one, Beccy).
In London / New Malden
| Centre Point Food Store 20-21 St Giles High Street London WC2H 8LN Tel 020 7836 9860 Tube Tottenham Court Road www.cpfs.co.uk |
Hanna Supermarket 41 Store Street London WC1E 7DB Tel 020 7636 4118 Tube Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street |
| Seoul Mate 29 Museum Street London WC1A 1LH Tel 020 7636 4787 Tube Tottenham Court Road, Holborn |
SeOUL Bakery 55 St Giles High Street London WC2H 8LH Tel 07763 278681 Tube Tottenham Court Road |
| Jin Mi Food 127 Kingston Road New Malden Surrey KT3 3NX Tel 020 8336 1882 Rail: New Malden |
Korea Foods Unit 5, Wyvern Industrial Estate Beverley Way, New Malden Surrey KT3 4PH Tel 020 8949 2238 Rail: Raynes Park / New Malden www.koreafoods.co.uk |
| Nippon & Korea Centre 9 Wardour Street London W1D 6PB Tel 020 7434 1777 Tube Piccadilly Circus |
Seoul Plaza 36 High Street, New Malden Surrey KT3 4 HE Tel 020 8949 4329 Rail New Malden www.koreafoods.co.uk |
| Seoul Plaza 2 126 Malden Road New Malden Surrey KT3 6DD Tel 020 8942 9552 Rail New Malden www.koreafoods.co.uk |
Seoul Plaza 4 136 Golders Green Road London NW11 8HB Tel 020 8731 7999 Tube Golders Green www.koreafoods.co.uk |
| Nakwon Rice Cake Store 89 Kingston Road New Malden Surrey KT3 3PA Tel 020 8949 6474 / 8542 7743 Rail: New Malden |
|
| In Cambridge:Seoul Plaza 3 91-93 Mill Road Cambridge CB1 2AW Tel 01223 303610 www.koreafoods.co.uk |
In Manchester:Seoul Kimchi 275 Upper Brook Street Longsight Manchester M13 0HR Tel 0161 273 5556 Rail: Disley |
| In York:Ever New 3/4 Bridge Street, York, Y01 6DD |
Online, there’s OrientalMart (thanks for reminding me, Raku) which does some Korean products, and the Korean-only SKMart, based in Wimbledon.
In addition, here are the websites of some Chinese foodstores which might do a few Korean groceries:
- Hoo Hing (retail outlets in Romford, Enfield, Hackney, Mitcham and Park Royal)
- Loon Fung (outlets in Alperton, Chinatown, Silvertown and Tottenham)
- SeeWoo (outlets in Glasgow, Greenwich and Chinatown)
- Wing Yip (outlets in Birmingham, Croydon, Cricklewood and Manchester)
Send me an email or leave a comment if you know of any more.
Related posts (automatically generated):
{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }
http://www.orientalmart.co.uk/ has korean foods on there.
There is also a Korean shop that has just opened behind Waitrose (Finchley Rd near Swiss Cottage), which is about 1 min walk from Finchley Road Tube station… But I can’t remember what it is called. It is quite small, but cheaper than Central London, though more expensive than the Korean shops in Golders Green and New Malden.
You can get korean food in Southampton quite easily as well and there is even a Korean restaurant in Bournemouth as well.
In York there is:
Ever New
3/4 Bridge Street,
York,
Y01 6DD
Downstairs has lots of stationary/gifts from Korea. Upstairs is a Korean supermarket (plus Japanese and Chinese food too). Opened last year – I no longer have to drive 200 miles down to New Malden for kimchi
This chinese supermarket is ok for oriental food in general. They are quite local to me, and I can usually get what I need just by popping in. The other korean shops in bristol are really small, and tend to stock a lot of things out of date, so I don’t bother. Has anyone else found this problem with korean shops in UK?
http://www.waiyeehong.com/
sorry – here’s the link!
Wing Yip – Chinese & Oriental supermarket. Mostly Chinese food, but also some Korean products (& Japanese, Thai etc). There are several stores around the UK, with one in Cricklewood, NW London, and one in Croydon.
http://www.wingyip.com
Hello,
I am a student who just came to London (Camden) recently, and I am hoping to find some good korean restaurants, super markets, and possibly korean church near Camden, London. Obviously I don’t know much about the areas in london and etc., so I’d really appreciate if anyone could give me some advices on which ones are good and which ones would be the closest one from the camden area.
Thanks for all of your help and time in advance, and hope to hear from you soon!
=)
Well, you’re on the right page for food stores (Hanna Supermarket in Store Street is probably your closest) while there are too many restaurants to mention. My own favourite is Asadal at Holborn tube, though there are plenty of places very near Tottenham Court Road tube. Churches is a project I’m working on, but there used to be a Korean church in the Gt Portland Street / Warren Street Area. Google Korean Anglican Community Centre to see what comes up.
Hi, what is the nearest Korean grocery that I can buy short ribs for Korean bbq??? I live in SW London. Many thanks for the help!